1. Basic Knowledge Of Compressed Air

Why does drain appear?

The atmosphere contains moisture(vapor), according to the weather conditoin.

Since compressor inhales this atmosphere and compresses it into small valume, 1 m3of the compressed air has a lot of vapor.

2. Basics of NEUTEK Extractor/Dryer Operation

Before NEUTEK’s discovery of Extractor/Dryer technology the only equipment available to remove water were the mechanical inventions: the aftercooler, the refrigerator dryer, and the absorption dryer. All of that type of equipment used electric energy and operated on the same engineering principle but with different methods to remove the water. NEUTEK designed a way to remove water without using any electrical energy using a unique combination of principals not used by any of the historic mechanical equipment.

3. Comparison Of Neutek Extractor/Drver With Other Type Of Filters

FEATURES

• Eliminates 100% of water droplets.
• Eliminates 100% of 5 micron-sized dirt particles and 50% of I micron particles.
• Eliminates 99% of oil droplets.
• Compact all-in-one single unit.
• Three chambers with a coalescer , honey comb and filter.
• Weep valve drains continuously without operator attention.
• Filter elements last longer than other types of filters.
• Second stage filter also changes liquid water into vapor.

4. Golden Gate Bridge uses NEUTEK Extractor/Dryers

It’s one of the biggest paint jobs in the word—and probably -the toughest. Keeping the structural steel and wire cables of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge covered with a protective coating of its distinctive international orange paint is a monumental job for the permanent crew of the painters, ironworkers, and operating engineers.

5. How Dry Compressed Air Gets Wet Again

Did you ever wonder how you could still find moisture in your compressed air lines even though you have a dryer installed near the compressed?
This moisture often shows up when you first use some air at any point-of-use (pipes installed vertically) and is expelled along with the compressed air as it first begins to flow into your machine or process. How did your dry air get wet again?

6. Lubricating Air Equipment With In-Line Oilers

Air costs a lot of money to compress and condition. Unlike hydraulic fluids, it is compressible. Unlike electro-mechanical systems, it has a lack of positive speed control. Compressed air has poor lubricity. It is difficult to calculate the exact performance of compressed air in a system. Yet , in spite of all these failings, air is the most widely used industrial power system.

7. NEUTEK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

• To be most effective, install the Extactor/dryer as close as possible to the machinery or air tools being used.
• Drain valve must be “weeping”at all times. (Approximately 1/4 turn open) This will allow water, oil and contaminants to escape from the unit at all times.
• A noticeable pressure drop of more than 10 PSI across the unit, or the evidence of moisture in the line beyond the filter, is a indication to replace the second stage filter.

In the 1960’s few air systems were equipped with dryers. Specially dried air was uses mainly for special applications such as machine controls, laboratory apparatus and special instruments. Drying techniques were developed, introduced, and refined.
Drying considerably to the cost of the compressed air. Drying equipment was added only when the cost of the process, the surface preparation, or the machinery warranted the special equipment. Eventually, various levels of water free, oil free, and filtered air became available to all industries at costs mached to the requirements.

9. Understanding the Difference Between Water Vapor and Droplets

Water Vapor dose not harm air driven machinery or controls, but water droplets, can ruin any operation. If an operation, such as spray painting. can be done on a day when there is 100% relative humidity. Then the water vapor in the air clearly does not interfere with the operation. But spray painting can not be done in the rain. Water droplets as rain in the air or in the compressed air definitely interferes with the poeration causing fisheyes, pinholes, and blisters. Every day around the word pneumatic operations are being performed and air tools, equipment and instruments are being run by compressed air which is full of water droplets, corrosive oil droplets, and dirt particles.